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What's new from Google I/O 2023 for developers: Key announcements

This years I/O can be easily summed up by just one phrase: “AI”. AI absolutely everywhere. Sundar Pichai started, mentioned numerous times and ended the Keynote by mentioning AI. Some of the main announcements around AI for developers included the general availablity of “Bard” supporting 20 programming languages and use of the “PaLM 2” based models with some like “Gecko” small enough to run on mobile devices.

How to increase active users (MAU and DAU)

According to UBS, ChatGPT was the fastest growing consumer application in history. In just two months it went from launch to 100 million monthly active users. That led to a cultural and technological impact that saw Microsoft invest billions in the product’s parent company. But even if your product doesn’t break records, knowing the number of active users can help you understand its product/market fit, the impact of the changes you make, and how well the product retains user loyalty.

API-Managed Event Streaming with Kong Konnect and Amazon MSK

Event streaming allows companies to build more scalable and loosely coupled real-time applications supporting massive concurrency demands and simplifying the construction of services. Ultimately, we may need to grant access to such infrastructure to the most diverse entities, including external applications posting events that will be eventually consumed by internal systems. The purpose of such exposure is to promote development teams’ collaboration.

Applying AI in Software Development: Best Practices and Examples

There’s no doubt that artificial intelligence has transformed the business world and that more changes are yet to come. In December 2022, the US government issued a report showing that nearly all industries have adopted AI in some fashion to improve their workflows.